Improvement in rattan-ware



` .Rattan Ware. l

No. 144,563. Y Patented N0v. 1 1,1a73."

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UNITED STATES SULLIVAN H. PENLEY, OF CHELSEA,'MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RATTAN-WARE.

` Specicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,563, dated November 11, 1873; application filed August 8, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, SULLIVAN H. PENLEY, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of 'Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rattan-Ware; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof7 that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side view, showing a basket in process of construction. Fig. 2 is a side view, showing the basket when finished.

This invention has relation to the manufacture of rattan-ware, such as baskets, travelingvalises, boxes, and articles of various kinds 5 andthe novelty consists essentially in producing the desired article from rattan pith, the same being wound in strands upon a suitable form, without Weaving or plaiting, and the strands secured together by means of glue, cement, o'rother equivalent fastening, and by means of canestrand, wire, cord, sinew, or the equivalentthereof,applied as stays or supports, all substantially as hereinafter more fully described.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an article of rattan-ware in process of construc- I tion according to my invention, A being the iform7 upon which the rattan pith is wound 5 B, the pith; and C, the cane-strand or stays, the method of winding the rattan-pith being clearly shown.

In the manufacture ofthe various articles to which my improvement appertains, I prefer, in

\ the lirst instance, to form a continuous belt by uniting any desirable number of lengths of y rattan pith at their ends. Afterward I wind the pith around a form corresponding or adapted to the shape of the article to be produced, laying the strands closely together, and

finally securing them by a coating of glue, cement, or other equivalent fastening.

In order to facilitate the work of forming the articles, I sometimes employ some suitable staying material, such as cane-strand, wire, cord, sinew, or theequivalent, as before men.- tioned, the object of which is to hold the strands of rattan in place, and allow the bas- 5; ket or other article to be removed from the form as soon as finished. The stays may be advantageously employed in some cases to retain the article in shape after the same has been completedand removed from the form. i

As the essential feature of uny invention consists in the method of arranging the rattan pith, I do not limit myself to the production of any specific article, or toany particular design. It is obvious that my improvement is applicable to a great variety of purposes. The rattan pith may be wound, as described, to form not only baskets and packages, but even to form trunks, the bodies of buggies, and such other articles in which lightness combined with strength is of advantage.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters` 1. A basket or other article of rattauware, formed of rattan pith wound in continuous strands or coils, and secured by glue, cement, or other fastening, substantially as specified.

2. A basket or other article made of rattan pith wound in continuous strands or coils, and provided with the stays C, applied substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that :I claim the foregoing I have hereunto setV my hand this 8th day of n August, 1873.

SULLIVAN H. PENLEY.

Witnesses F. A. GoNNoLLY, J. B. CoNNoLLY. 

